Will the Conspiracy Theories Ever Die?
For years now a tiny snippet of my reporting from that day has been circulating around the Internet, and used – out of context — to buttress the malevolent arguments of some wacky conspiracy theorists who claim to believe September 11 was in “inside job.”
Click on this excerpt from YouTube to see how the clip has been used to portray me as someone who was on the scene but yet saw no evidence a plane hit anywhere near the Pentagon. Listen carefully.
This is a good cautionary tale about believing what you “see” on the internet. As I like to say, It’s good to have an open mind, but if your mind is too open your brain can fall out.
Tags: 9/11, Conspiracy, Flight 77
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Justin · 196 weeks ago
I stumbled upon this clip last night before you posted it and find it
extraordinary and disturbing the lengths some will go to twist words to
get exactly what they want to hear.
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This is a good example of the advantages and disadvantages of this
Internet thing!! Both responsible people and irresponsible people can
have web sites that are hard to tell apart. A well done conspiracy site
could appear to be as reliable as a site done by an actual reporter.
And the history of governments (and corporations, and individuals) hiding things - often for good reasons - makes reasonable people want to give the fringes some ability to be heard.
The only thing that I can suggest is that journalists keep patiently explaining the truth (as they see it) and address conspiracy theories as they can.
And the history of governments (and corporations, and individuals) hiding things - often for good reasons - makes reasonable people want to give the fringes some ability to be heard.
The only thing that I can suggest is that journalists keep patiently explaining the truth (as they see it) and address conspiracy theories as they can.
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JMitchell · 196 weeks ago
The conspiracy theorists are irresponsible individuals who want to
create their own version of history to fit their own politics. My friend
standing at his office window of the Navy Annex watched an airliner fly
over his office window, and "accordion"into the side of the Pentagon.
He is an eye witness. The conspiracy theorists also can't explain what
happened to the passengers of Flight 77, but they must think they are
living in the Hollywood sound stage where they believe 9/11 was staged.
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AJM · 196 weeks ago
The BBC did a pretty good job of debunking the 'Loose Change' excercise
in bedroom journalism:
/web/20130617031514/http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6680224505086911340#
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Don · 196 weeks ago
The conspiracy theorists are irresponsible individuals who want to
create their own version of history to fit their own politics.
Truer words were never spoken. The problem is some people will believe them because they are words that fit there beliefs. You can find them under every rock. There the uniformed many of them will believe anything . They are in the Streets of our Nations Capital to day protesting. What they do not no and they do not want to no. They have been Indoctrinated to believe anything that some people want them to.
Truer words were never spoken. The problem is some people will believe them because they are words that fit there beliefs. You can find them under every rock. There the uniformed many of them will believe anything . They are in the Streets of our Nations Capital to day protesting. What they do not no and they do not want to no. They have been Indoctrinated to believe anything that some people want them to.
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Thank your for your painfully personal passion to set the record
correct. My local community swarms with "Truthers"... and yet I remain
thankful that this is still America. And STILL The Home of the Brave.
The Brave. Like my brother who personally oversaw the evacuation of his floor of Building 7... and no, his corner office columns were never wrapped in detonation explosives. No, he walked the entire floor one last time before following his co-workers down the stairway.
The Brave. Like my friend FBI Agent John O'Neill who was last seen going up Tower 2 to rescue the victims, most already dead.
The Brave . Like my friend who took the pictures of the North side of Building 7 with two floors ablaze and a company of firefighters who had been turned away, dejected and disgusted. I was the one who posted the photo on a Truther's blog... a photo now widely spread and attributed to an "anonymous" source.
The Brave. Our friends and quiet anonymous neighbors who boarded planes for flights to see those they loved, those they laughed with. Those they left with broken hearts and shattered worlds.
The Brave. Like those of us who have a general grasp of the killers, a motivated and meticulous team of religious zealots, murderers all. We've learned the names of the guilty, names which do not include "Cheney" or "Rumsfeld."
The Brave. We who continue to hunt for Bin Laden and all Al Qaeda brethren committed to killing more Americans. We realize that for all of our government's lies of the past, we remain focused on the realities at hand. For all our shortcomings, we know the value of a "Canary in the Coalmine"... and the perverse Prairie Dog Panic of the delusional "Truthers."
Yes, it is always wise to know the failings and the propaganda of our nation's darker moments. Better still to understand the history of the Mideast, the meaning of Jihad, and the extreme underpinnings of the Wahabi followers of Abd al-Wahhab... the Saudi Arabian sect of Islam that took unspeakable terror into the skies on September 11, 2001.
It haunts us still. And it hunts us with a bloodlust.
The Brave. Like my brother who personally oversaw the evacuation of his floor of Building 7... and no, his corner office columns were never wrapped in detonation explosives. No, he walked the entire floor one last time before following his co-workers down the stairway.
The Brave. Like my friend FBI Agent John O'Neill who was last seen going up Tower 2 to rescue the victims, most already dead.
The Brave . Like my friend who took the pictures of the North side of Building 7 with two floors ablaze and a company of firefighters who had been turned away, dejected and disgusted. I was the one who posted the photo on a Truther's blog... a photo now widely spread and attributed to an "anonymous" source.
The Brave. Our friends and quiet anonymous neighbors who boarded planes for flights to see those they loved, those they laughed with. Those they left with broken hearts and shattered worlds.
The Brave. Like those of us who have a general grasp of the killers, a motivated and meticulous team of religious zealots, murderers all. We've learned the names of the guilty, names which do not include "Cheney" or "Rumsfeld."
The Brave. We who continue to hunt for Bin Laden and all Al Qaeda brethren committed to killing more Americans. We realize that for all of our government's lies of the past, we remain focused on the realities at hand. For all our shortcomings, we know the value of a "Canary in the Coalmine"... and the perverse Prairie Dog Panic of the delusional "Truthers."
Yes, it is always wise to know the failings and the propaganda of our nation's darker moments. Better still to understand the history of the Mideast, the meaning of Jihad, and the extreme underpinnings of the Wahabi followers of Abd al-Wahhab... the Saudi Arabian sect of Islam that took unspeakable terror into the skies on September 11, 2001.
It haunts us still. And it hunts us with a bloodlust.
Thank your for your painfully personal passion to set the record
correct. My local community swarms with "Truthers"... and yet I remain
thankful that this is still America. And STILL The Home of the Brave.
The Brave. Like my brother who personally oversaw the evacuation of his floor of Building 7... and no, his corner office columns were never wrapped in detonation explosives. No, he walked the entire floor one last time before following his co-workers down the stairway.
The Brave. Like my friend FBI Agent John O'Neill who was last seen going up Tower 2 to rescue the victims, most already dead.
The Brave . Like my friend who took the pictures of the North side of Building 7 with two floors ablaze and a company of firefighters who had been turned away, dejected and disgusted. I was the one who posted the photo on a Truther's blog... a photo now widely spread and attributed to an "anonymous" source.
The Brave. Our friends and quiet anonymous neighbors who boarded planes for flights to see those they loved, those they laughed with. Those they left with broken hearts and shattered worlds.
The Brave. Like those of us who have a general grasp of the killers, a motivated and meticulous team of religious zealots, murderers all. We've learned the names of the guilty, names which do not include "Cheney" of "Rumsfeld."
The Brave. We who continue to hunt for Bin Laden and all Al Qaeda brethren committed to killing more Americans. We realize that for all of our government's lies of the past, we remain focused on the realities at hand. For all our shortcomings, we know the value of a "Canary in the Coalmine"... and the perverse Prairie Dog Panic of the delusional "Truthers."
Yes, it is always wise to know the failings and the propaganda of our nation's darker moments. Better still to understand the history of the Mideast, the meaning of Jihad, and the extreme underpinnings of the Wahabi followers of Abd al-Wahhab... the Saudi Arabian sect of Islam that took unspeakable terror into the skies on September 11, 2001.
It haunts us still. And it hunts us with a bloodlust.
The Brave. Like my brother who personally oversaw the evacuation of his floor of Building 7... and no, his corner office columns were never wrapped in detonation explosives. No, he walked the entire floor one last time before following his co-workers down the stairway.
The Brave. Like my friend FBI Agent John O'Neill who was last seen going up Tower 2 to rescue the victims, most already dead.
The Brave . Like my friend who took the pictures of the North side of Building 7 with two floors ablaze and a company of firefighters who had been turned away, dejected and disgusted. I was the one who posted the photo on a Truther's blog... a photo now widely spread and attributed to an "anonymous" source.
The Brave. Our friends and quiet anonymous neighbors who boarded planes for flights to see those they loved, those they laughed with. Those they left with broken hearts and shattered worlds.
The Brave. Like those of us who have a general grasp of the killers, a motivated and meticulous team of religious zealots, murderers all. We've learned the names of the guilty, names which do not include "Cheney" of "Rumsfeld."
The Brave. We who continue to hunt for Bin Laden and all Al Qaeda brethren committed to killing more Americans. We realize that for all of our government's lies of the past, we remain focused on the realities at hand. For all our shortcomings, we know the value of a "Canary in the Coalmine"... and the perverse Prairie Dog Panic of the delusional "Truthers."
Yes, it is always wise to know the failings and the propaganda of our nation's darker moments. Better still to understand the history of the Mideast, the meaning of Jihad, and the extreme underpinnings of the Wahabi followers of Abd al-Wahhab... the Saudi Arabian sect of Islam that took unspeakable terror into the skies on September 11, 2001.
It haunts us still. And it hunts us with a bloodlust.
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Eye Witness · 195 weeks ago
I was in the parking lot of the Pentagon that morning. I heard the
airplane, turned to watch it, wondered why it was so low, then watched
it crash into the side of the building. I was, to say the least,
stunned. I am not sure what these crazies who were not there are saying,
but unless they pulled of the most amazing illusion in history,
convincing me that I saw something that was not there, that airplane
flew straight into the side of the building.
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Janna · 195 weeks ago
I'm sure the plane crashed into the Pentagon, but I still wonder who was behind it. I don't believe the official story.
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